rod

Definitions of rod in various dictionaries:

noun - a long thin implement made of metal or wood

noun - any rod-shaped bacterium

noun - a linear measure of 16.5 feet

noun - a square rod of land

noun - a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

noun - a gangster's pistol

A fishing rod.

A piston rod.

An often expandable horizontal bar, especially of metal, used to suspend household items such as curtains or towels.

A leveling rod.

A lightning rod.

A divining rod.

A measuring stick.

A shoot or stem cut from or growing as part of a woody plant.

A stick or bundle of sticks or switches used to give punishment by whipping.

Punishment; correction.

A scepter, staff, or wand symbolizing power or authority.

Power or dominion, especially of a tyrannical nature: “under the rod of a cruel slavery” (John Henry Newman).

A linear measure equal to 5.

The square of this measure, equal to 30.

A line of family descent; a branch of a tribe.

Any of various rod-shaped cells in the retina that respond to dim light.

An elongated bacterium; a bacillus.

A pistol or revolver.

Often rods.

verb - to provide with a rod (a straight, slender piece of wood, metal, or other material)